Healthy Food for Body, Mind & Mood, Belvedere College SJ

On behalf of the student council, parents association, leadership, operations & canteen representatives I am delighted to announce the launch of this 4-week trial Healthy Eating menu here Belvedere College S.J.
We will launch this 4-week trial on the 23/01/2023. After which we will consult all relevant stakeholders in the college and conduct an extensive review to refine a long-term new look menu.
“Healthy food for body, mind & mood 🌱 ❤️ 📚 😁🏃”
In November 2022 we put together a healthy eating policy team made up of representatives from the aforementioned groups who have all input and been consulted on this initiative.
In the photo on the right you will see some of what is currently on offer in our canteen every day of the week !!!
These items are heavily processed and would be considered High Fat Salt Sugar (HFSS) foods which are significant risk factors for many chronic diseases and health problems such as heart disease, cancers, type 2 diabetes, mental health problems, respiratory problems, musculoskeletal conditions to name a few.
In the past two decades alone levels of overweight and obesity in Ireland have doubled. (Morgan et al., 2008).
Currently many of our students are eating the items seen in the second photo every day of the week 😳
The Safefood, healthy Ireland and department of education guidelines recommendations for HFSS foods is to limit there availability in schools to 1 day/week.
The 4-week trial menu will focus on delivering nutritionally balanced recipes made with whole food ingredients 🥪🍚🍌🍏🥑🥓🌯🍝🍛🥘
WHY?
To provide our students with tasty & nutritious whole food options to improve their overall health, academic and physical performance 🤝
Thank you to all members of the healthy eating policy team and the BaxterStorey Ireland representatives for making this happen.
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Great job